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Hi AKOK, It was in reply to Alun26's post regarding damage to his vehicle and advice regarding insurance procedure. Briefly I advised him to inform his company, and quoted my experience when a driver accused me of damaging her vehicle which was untrue. An engineer was...

The AA were brilliant in sorting a dispute last year. See my reply to a post by alun26.

I strongly advise you to contact the insurers, it will go on file as an 'incident' and may increase your premium temporarily. However, if your claim is successful it should be refunded. Several months ago my wife did some very minor damage to our car which we didn't bother to mention or...

Sounds about right! My vehicle has been showing 4° lower since new, it's now 11 years old.

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

There was a recall in the USA of a power steering fault on the earlier Merivas. Over here they were replaced when they failed as my wife found out! Fortunately she was turning left at a junction so was only doing about 10 mph. It was steerable but very heavy which if you're not expecting it can...

The other big factor is the high price of an EV at present, although economies of scale and more used vehicles will eventually bring prices within reach if more people.

I've had battery powered garden machinery for 4-5 years after some scumbags stole all my petrol equipment from my van. In retrospect they've probably saved me money and improved my health as I use my electric equipment commercially every day!

Warm in Winter tho'?

Black shows up the merest mark or mud splash. Red is supposed to be the 'safest' colour for reducing your likelihood of an accident I read somewhere ?

Hm, not such an attractive proposition at that price. I certainly wouldn't buy one.

Indeed-but it was a one off just to see how far it would go with supposedly no power.

I came across this car completely by accident! It looks like there may be a model change for 2024 based on the Renault 5 I think, and you could well be right regarding price. Still if it puts an EV closer to what people want/can afford to pay it's a start. Not to everyone's taste admittedly, but...

If you Google running on 0% battery, it should come up as a u-tube video uploaded by a Romanian chap who speaks very good English. Must admit I was skeptical!

Suggest you watch the video.

Well it did 25 miles on 0% battery with an outside temperature hovering about zero degrees. That was with occasional flooring of the accelerator. On one test it was driven round Paris for 5 hours and only used 15%. Do you really need 69bhp in traffic? How much does the Peugeot cost...

It's essentially a town car why would you want more?

Just been watching a few videos regarding the Dacia Spring EV. Not available in the UK at present but may be here towards the end of this year. At around £11k, with a 27kw battery, 78mph top speed and 140 mile range, I reckon it will sell as fast as they can be made! OK it's built to a...

After all your hard work, I do hope you get some fog???

Don't know if it's relevant but my electric Zero motorcycle manufacturer recommended a maximum 60% soc and no less than 30% if left unattended for over a month.